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...your score. Mike Taylor came down the right side, banked it off the boards and back to himself to avoid a defender, fired from the right circle and beat Muse to the left side to tie the score. A very pretty play...
Most writers said the deal addressed their major concern: payment for work distributed on the Web and through cell phones, among other new media. Several said the strike was necessary to avoid missing out on the new revenue stream, a sacrifice they feel they made 20 years ago by settling for a small share of sales of DVDs, when that was a nascent format. "The guild really botched DVDs in the '80s," says one children's TV writer. "They were not gonna make the same mistake with the Internet. It comes down to not being screwed...
...nine kid foods to avoid...
Next time you're down in the doldrums, you might want to avoid the mall. People who are sad tend to be willing to pay more for things - it's like going to the grocery store on an empty stomach - according to research into financial decision-making...
...focusing one's thoughts inwardly usually go hand in hand. The researchers came up with a way to tease the two apart and found that people who are sad, but not self-focused don't spend as much. To break the link, you might, therefore, intentionally try to avoid self-focusing when you're sad simply by thinking of other people. "You could try to think about others by rehearsing a series of sentences that involve others as the subject," says Cryder. "That makes sense to me as a researcher." Or you might just call a friend, and instead...